VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-1299
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- pulseaudio/pulseaudio
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570
- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615
- http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git%3Ba=patch%3Bh=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:124
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1570
- https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.